Arizona House Bill 2651: An Act Amending Section 8-810, Arizona Revised Statutes Relating To Missing Children

On June 23, 2023, the Arizona House of Representatives published this text of House Bill 2651: an act amending Section 8-810 of the Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) relating to missing children. ARS 8-810, the Child Safety statute, had no time frame requirement listed to report when a child in state custody went missing. This new law will change this terrible statistic, requiring mandatory 24-hour reporting with detailed deliverables and protocols for each situation of missing, abducted, or runaway children, along with treatment, training, legislative audit oversight, and a detailed checklist explaining how all of this will be . . .